Feedback form for 3 Day workshop on Chemical Process Simulation using DWSIM

Dear Participant,

We thank you for attending the 3 Day workshop on Chemical Process Simulation using DWSIM from 18-20 February 2021. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly select the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential.

Thank you for your time!

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Questions marked with are mandatory



1. Your age





2A. Your background

  Faculty in a College
  Research Scholars/PhD Student
  Student (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc/Any other bachelor's degree)
  Student (M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/Any other Master's degree)
  Working Professional
  Other




2B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





3. Please mention the name of your college, or the company you work for, etc.





Questions related to the DWSIM background

4A. Do you use any chemical process simulation tool in your College / Institute / Organisation?

  Yes            No         



4B. If the answer to the above question is Yes, please let us know the name of the software in your college/organization. (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

  Aspen Plus
  Aspen Hysys
  CHEMCAD
  DWSIM
  PRO/II
  gPROMS
  Dymola
  Never used before
  Other




4C. If you chose "Other" in the previous question, mention the software here





4D. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned chemical process simulator tool? (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

  Never used before
  less than 1 year
  less than 3 years
  less than 5 years
  more than 5 years




5A. For what purpose do you use the process simulator? Please select all the relevant options.

  Course work - class or lab
  Research
  Consultancy
  To support the plant operation
  DWSIM Flowsheeting Project of FOSSEE
  DWSIM Custom Modeling Project of FOSSEE
  DWSIM Lab Migration Project of FOSSEE
  Other




5B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





6A. Why would you like to learn DWSIM?

  For course work - class or lab
  For research
  Consultancy
  To support the plant operations
  Other




6B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





7. Before today's workshop, have you attended any other DWSIM workshop? Please enter the total number of days of the workshop/training you have undergone before. If you have not gone through any such workshop/training before, please choose 0 days.

  0 days
  1 day
  2-4 days
  5-7 days
  Above 7 days




Questions related to the workshop

8. Rate your experience in using Spoken Tutorial to learn DWSIM. (Kindly provide the response using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Tutorials are well made and self-explanatory
Tutorials need improvement
Various aspects are unclear and need further explanation
I learnt a lot using Spoken Tutorials





9. The tutorials were useful in learning the following concepts. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

  1 (totally useless)     2     3     4     5 (extremely useful)  
Creating a material stream in DWSIM
Introduction to Flowsheeting
Binary Phase Envelope
Calculation of Bubble Points and Dew Points
Conversion Reactor
Plug Flow Reactor
Equilibrium Reactor
Gibbs Reactor
Heat Exchanger
Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Custom Unit Operation using Python
Shortcut Distillation
Rigorous Distillation
Sensitivity Analysis and Adjust





10. Were the spoken tutorials used during the workshop helpful in solving practice problems?

  Yes
  No
  Somewhat




11. Did the practice problem help you to improve your chemical process simulation skills using DWSIM?

  Yes
  No
  Not sure




12. Were the 9:30am-10:00am optional sessions to discuss the practice problems useful?

  Yes            No         



13. How will you rate the difficulty of the practice problems? Please choose 1 for difficult and 5 for easy







14. Did the case study flowsheet simulations help you to improve your chemical process simulation skills using DWSIM?

  Yes
  No
  Not sure




15. How will you rate the difficulty of the case study flowsheet simulation? Please choose 1 for difficult and 5 for easy







16. How would you rate your experience of live sessions? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Compound Creation Tool in DWSIM
Data Regression Tool in DWSIM
Simulation using CAPE-OPEN Objects in DWSIM





17A. Compound Creator Tool, Data Regression Tool, CAPE-OPEN Objects Simulation were covered through live sessions, but with observation only. If all of you have to simultaneously practice as well, which of the following will be applicable?

  Live sessions give a personal touch and so I prefer live classes
  Even if a lot of people will have doubts with a consequent slow progress I would still prefer the live sessions to Spoken Tutorial based learning
  Had the topics of live sessions been converted to Spoken Tutoirals I could have used them for self learning to teach others etc.
  Live lecturing with simultaneous practice would be chaotic and I would prefer to see these topics in the form of Spoken Tutorials
  Live sessions are impersonal in very large classes of say 100 people or more
  The efficacy of Spoken Tutorials approach is the same whether the class size is small or very large
  Even if the slowest enthusiastic person in the group will decide the pace of lecturing I would still prefer the live sessions to Spoken Tutorial based learning
  Other




17B. If you chose "Other" to the previous question, please explain





18. How would you rate your experience of popular/invited talks? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
FOSSEE and Spoken Tutorial Projects by Prof. Kannan
Introduction to Chemical Process Simulation by Prof. Naren
DWSIM OpenModelica Comparison by Prof. Kannan
Aspects of creating flowsheets towards process development by Prof. Naren
Tips for Building Effective Process Plant Simulation Models Using Sequential Modular Simulators by Prof. Malik





19. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Extremely bad ", 2 implies "Bad", 3 implies "Acceptable", 4 implies "Good", and 5 implies "Excellent".)

  1     2     3     4      5  
Quality of instructional material presented to you
Learning through Spoken Tutorials
Interaction with the DWSIM-FOSSEE team
Learning through live sessions
Overall quality of the online workshop





20. Comment regarding the pace of the workshop

  Very slow
  Slow
  Acceptable
  Fast
  Very fast




21. Select the response that describes your overall view of the workshop: (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3          5  
The workshop exposed me to new knowledge and practices
I did not learn much from this workshop
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use DWSIM
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to attend similar workshops based on Spoken Tutorials





22. How would you rate your level of knowledge in using DWSIM before and after the workshop? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Beginner" and 5 implies "Expert".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Before workshop
After workshop





23. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you like the most?





24. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you dislike the most?





25. Cost benefit analysis of this workshop: please choose one

  The cost of this workshop is too high
  The cost of this workshop is just right - neither more nor less
  It is value for money; because what I learnt is worth a lot more




Questions related to the Spoken Tutorial Forum

26. Did you register yourself on the Spoken Tutorial Forums as asked in the guideline email sent before the workshop?

  Yes            No         



27. Did you post questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

  Yes            No         



28. Did you answer anybody's questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

  Yes            No         



29. Were your doubts already answered in the Spoken Tutorial Forum?

  I did not refer to the Spoken Tutorial Forum
  Yes my doubt was already posted on the Forum by somebody and it was also answered
  My question was not posted on the Forum
  I did not have any doubts




30. Select the response that describes your views/responses regarding the Spoken Tutorial (ST) Forum:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Discussion on the ST Forum will be useful even after the workshop
Answers on the ST Forum will be available also to those who do not attend this workshop
Forum based support by the FOSSEE team will be useful if one decides to conduct a workshop using Spoken Tutorials
Answers on the ST Forum will provide recognition to the capabilities of the person who answered
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use the Spoken Tutorial Forum





31. What aspect(s) of the ST Forum did you like the most?





32. What aspect(s) of the ST Forum did you hate the most?





General

33. We have provided you DWSIM Spoken Tutorials and many other learning materials in this workshop. What else is required for you to conduct a similar workshop in your institution by yourself? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
(a) Remote help of a FOSSEE expert (b) Spoken Tutorial Forum support
Spoken Tutorial Forum support alone is enough
I don't need any other help





34A. Check all the activities of the FOSSEE DWSIM team that you will be interested to participate in.

  DWSIM Flowsheeting Project
  DWSIM Custom Modeling Project
  DWSIM Lab Migration Project
  Contribution to DWSIM Spoken Tutorial series
  Any other
  None of the above




34B. If you have chosen "Any other" for the previous question, please explain





35. What would you want the DWSIM team to do next? (please choose all that is applicable).

  Add more thermodynamic correlations
  Provide data for more chemicals
  Create more Spoken Tutorials
  Conduct a similar workshop using OpenModelica
  Conduct a workshop on dynamical simulation with DWSIM or OpenModelica




36. In what way you can help promote the use of DWSIM?





37. Any other overall suggestions for improvement or any other feedback